Patents by Inventor Koji Kamiya

Koji Kamiya has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11356633
    Abstract: [Object] To contribute to the achievement of a workflow in which an HDR video and an SDR video are compatible with each other. [Solving Means] This video signal processing apparatus includes an HDR video generation unit including a first converter unit that performs OOTF conversion on an HDR video by using an exponentiation function for calculating an exponentiation of 1.2, where 100% is 1, to an input signal level of the HDR video having a range from a point of 0%, where an expression range of an input signal level of an SDR video is 100%, to a change point optionally determined within a range of 100% to 500%, and by using a linear function for multiplying an input signal level of the HDR video having a range higher than the change point by a predetermined coefficient to maintain a change rate of a calculation result in a portion of the change point calculated by using the exponentiation function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Endo, Koji Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20220166962
    Abstract: This video signal processing apparatus includes a signal processing unit that performs tone control on an input video signal having a linear characteristic and a control unit that blends two tone curve characteristics arbitrarily selected from among a plurality of tone curve characteristics prepared in advance and sets the blended tone curve characteristics for the tone control of the signal processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki ENDO, Koji KAMIYA, Kei KAKIDANI
  • Publication number: 20220109787
    Abstract: To enable HDR video signals of a plurality of signal interfaces to be satisfactorily handled. [Solution] A processing unit processes a linear high dynamic range video signal and obtains a high dynamic range video signal that has undergone a grayscale compression process. The processing unit is able to perform grayscale compression processes of a plurality of signal interfaces. For example, when a grayscale compression process of another signal interface other than a reference signal interface is performed, the processing unit further performs a process of adding characteristics of system gamma of the reference signal interface and a process of cancelling out characteristics of system gamma of the other signal interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji KAMIYA, Hiroaki KIKUCHI, Jun ONUKI, Tomoyuki ENDO, Masaki HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20220094837
    Abstract: To enable HDR video signals of a plurality of signal interfaces to be satisfactorily handled. [Solution] A processing unit processes a linear high dynamic range video signal and obtains a high dynamic range video signal that has undergone a grayscale compression process. The processing unit is able to perform grayscale compression processes of a plurality of signal interfaces. For example, when a grayscale compression process of another signal interface other than a reference signal interface is performed, the processing unit further performs a process of adding characteristics of system gamma of the reference signal interface and a process of cancelling out characteristics of system gamma of the other signal interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji KAMIYA, Hiroaki KIKUCHI, Jun ONUKI, Tomoyuki ENDO, Masaki HIROSE
  • Patent number: 11279911
    Abstract: A bottle includes a body, a cap mounted to a cap neck of the body. The cap has an outer peripheral portion which is provided with a protrusion. Around the cap, there is provided a position indicator indicating whether the cap is at a correctly closed position, based on the positional relationship between the protrusion and the position indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED, ANIMAL STEM CELL
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Wataru Saito, Kazuhiro Nagaike
  • Publication number: 20220086363
    Abstract: This image pickup system includes an image pickup unit that captures a subject to obtain a pixel signal, and a processing circuit that generates a first video signal having a first dynamic range from the pixel signal generated by the image pickup unit, and generates a second video signal having a second dynamic range correlated with the first dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji KAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20220051432
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: an imaging position information calculation unit that calculates a position and an orientation of an imaging device as imaging device position information on the basis of camera data received from the imaging device in association with video data; and an information display control unit that controls a display of the imaging device position information. Provided is an information processing method performed by a processor, the method including: calculating a position and an orientation of an imaging device as imaging device position information on the basis of camera data received from the imaging device in association with video data; and controlling a display of the imaging device position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Naohide YAMADA, Hironori HATTORI, Koji KAMIYA, Satoshi TSUBAKI
  • Patent number: 11223778
    Abstract: To enable HDR video signals of a plurality of signal interfaces to be satisfactorily handled. A processing unit processes a linear high dynamic range video signal and obtains a high dynamic range video signal that has undergone a grayscale compression process. The processing unit is able to perform grayscale compression processes of a plurality of signal interfaces. For example, when a grayscale compression process of another signal interface other than a reference signal interface is performed, the processing unit further performs a process of adding characteristics of system gamma of the reference signal interface and a process of cancelling out characteristics of system gamma of the other signal interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Jun Onuki, Tomoyuki Endo, Masaki Hirose
  • Patent number: 11212461
    Abstract: This image pickup system includes an image pickup unit that captures a subject to obtain a pixel signal, and a processing circuit that generates a first video signal having a first dynamic range from the pixel signal generated by the image pickup unit, and generates a second video signal having a second dynamic range correlated with the first dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Kamiya
  • Patent number: 11196911
    Abstract: Provided is an intermediate unit including a first connect unit, a second connect unit, and an information bridge unit. The first connect unit is for connecting a camera unit having a first resolution in one of a spatial direction and a temporal direction. The second connect unit is for connecting a camera control unit for a camera unit having a second resolution lower than the first resolution in one of the spatial direction and the temporal direction. The information bridge unit is interposed between the first connect unit and the second connect unit and configured to bridge information exchanged between the camera unit and the camera control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Kamiya
  • Patent number: 11128810
    Abstract: To enable to easily check a predetermined signal level region of an HDR video signal on an SDR screen displayed on an SDR-compliant display device. Processing at least including gradation compression processing for SDR is performed on the HDR video signal to obtain a standard dynamic range video signal. A predetermined signal level region is detected from the HDR video signal. An SDR video signal for display is obtained by combining a display signal for displaying the predetermined signal level region with an SDR video signal on the basis of a signal indicating the predetermined signal level region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Kamiya
  • Patent number: 11100682
    Abstract: To enable proper adjustment of a monitor using a color bar regardless of a difference in transfer functions. Provided is an image processing device including a determination unit configured to determine a transfer function related to conversion between light and an image signal and to be used in a display device among a plurality of transfer functions, and a generation unit configured to generate a color bar signal corresponding to the transfer function determined by the determination unit and output the generated color bar signal to the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Endo, Koji Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20210250499
    Abstract: To satisfactorily detect an edge detection signal of a high frequency band from a captured image signal at all times. A filtering unit extracts an edge detection signal of a high frequency band from an image signal obtained from imaging, and a band control unit controls the high frequency band on the basis of lens information. For example, the filtering unit includes a first high-pass filter with a first cutoff frequency, a second high-pass filter with a second cutoff frequency that is lower than the first cutoff frequency, and an a blending unit that performs a blending on output of the first high-pass filter and output of the second high-pass filter. Even if the frequency of the edge detection signal included in the captured image signal varies due to a change in a zoom position, a lens model number, an F value or the like, the edge detection signal can be satisfactorily detected at all times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun TANIOKA, Koji KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 11039067
    Abstract: This image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup unit including an image pickup element; a first video signal processing unit that generates a first video signal having a first resolution from a pixel signal obtained by the image pickup unit; a second video signal processing unit that sets a plurality of divided areas for spatially segmenting the first video signal generated by the first video signal processing unit, cuts out the first video signal in a region smaller than a size of the corresponding divided area as a block from the first video signal in each of the individual divided areas, and connects them to one another, to thereby generate a second video signal having a second resolution lower than the first resolution; and a view finder that displays the second video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Yukihiro Kinoshita, Yasutaka Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11025818
    Abstract: To satisfactorily detect an edge detection signal of a high frequency band from a captured image signal at all times. A filtering unit extracts an edge detection signal of a high frequency band from an image signal obtained from imaging, and a band control unit controls the high frequency band on the basis of lens information. For example, the filtering unit includes a first high-pass filter with a first cutoff frequency, a second high-pass filter with a second cutoff frequency that is lower than the first cutoff frequency, and an ? blending unit that performs ? blending on output of the first high-pass filter and output of the second high-pass filter. Even if the frequency of the edge detection signal included in the captured image signal varies due to a change in a zoom position, a lens model number, an F value or the like, the edge detection signal can be satisfactorily detected at all times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun Tanioka, Koji Kamiya
  • Patent number: 10965879
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging unit having an imaging element; a first video signal processing unit that generates a first video signal of a first dynamic range from a pixel signal obtained by the imaging unit; and a second video signal processing unit that generates an information signal of a high-pass luminance change component of at least a high luminance portion from the first video signal, reduces a luminance value of a high luminance portion of the first video signal to generate a luminance reduction video signal of a second dynamic range narrower than the first dynamic range, and adds the generated luminance reduction video signal to the information signal of the luminance change component to generate a second video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Masato Izawa
  • Publication number: 20210092350
    Abstract: A camera system includes: a first camera and a second camera; a camera adaptor box; and a camera control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Seiji Sato, Tomoyasu Katsuyama
  • Patent number: 10944948
    Abstract: There is provided a signal processor including correction circuitry configured to correct a signal for each color input to the signal processor and to output the corrected signal for each color, first conversion circuitry configured to receive the corrected signal for each color, to perform first image processing on each corrected signal for each color, and to generate a first signal having a first color gamut for each color, second conversion circuitry configured to receive the corrected signal for each color, to perform second image processing on each corrected signal for each color, and to generate a second signal having a second color gamut for each color, where the signal processor outputs a first image data having a first color gamut and a second image data having a second color gamut from same corrected signals for each color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Norihiko Kawada, Yuki Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20210014466
    Abstract: This apparatus includes a first processing circuit section that includes a tone controller that imparts tone curve characteristics for tone adjustment to an input video signal having linear characteristics; and a second processing circuit section that includes a first curve characteristics imparting section that imparts, to the video signal processed by the first processing circuit section, first curve characteristics for output, and generates a first output video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 10893185
    Abstract: Provided is an intermediate unit including a first connect unit, a second connect unit, and an information bridge unit. The first connect unit is for connecting a camera unit having a first resolution in one of a spatial direction and a temporal direction. The second connect unit is for connecting a camera control unit for a camera unit having a second resolution lower than the first resolution in one of the spatial direction and the temporal direction. The information bridge unit is interposed between the first connect unit and the second connect unit and configured to bridge information exchanged between the camera unit and the camera control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Kamiya